Report on the mortality of cholera in England, 1848-49.

  • Great Britain. General Register Office.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Report on the mortality of cholera in England, 1848-49. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    Conclusion—Practical Suggestions :— (i.) Safety is enjoyed by removal from Infected Places to the high Salubrious Districts (2.) Strangers should avoid visiting To>yns in an Epidemic (3.) When the Population is removed, it should be to High and Dry Ground, where Good Water can be procured ......... (4.) High Places away from Marshes are also generally Safe Asylums from Plague, Yellow Fever, Eemitteut Fever, and Ague ...... (5.) Armies Suffer more on the March than in Station—Danger of Encamping on Low Grounds by Rivers .......... (6.) Travellers in Unexplored Countries should not Rest on Low Swampy Spots (7.) Intercommunication.—Quarantine of little avail ..... (8.) Food ............ (9.) Water ............ (10.) Removal of Refuse .......... (11.) Air (12.) Earth.—Importance of Good Sites for Dwellings. .... (13.) Colonies.—Importance of the Selection of Good Sites for New Towns (14.) Climate.—The necessity of Sanatory Measures in India .... (15.) The Medical Profession.—The Otfice of Medicine is to raise Men to a High Standard of Health ; and to Prevent as well as to Cure Sickness . . Page xcix xcix xcix xcix xcix c c ci ci cii cii cii-ciii ciii ciii ciii-civ TABLES:— Annual Mortality per Ctnt. from All Causes in the Seven Years, 1838-44, in each of the Statistical Districts of England, arranged in the order of the Mortality of Females cvi-cxi Annual Mortality per Cent, from All Causes at different Ages (1838-44), in each Statistical District of England, arranged in the order of the Mortality of Females, in each of the II Divisions of England ....... cxli-cxxv Annual Mortality per Cent, from All Causes at different Ages (1838-44), in 21 Healthy Statistical Districts of England cxxvi Annual Mortality per Cent, from All Causes at different Ages (1838-44), in 33 Unhealthy Statistical Districts of England ....... cxxvii Mortality per Cent, from Cholera among Males and Females, at different Ages, in each of the II Divisions of England in 1849 . . . • . . . cxxviii Mortality per Cent, from Diarrhcea among Males and Females, at Different Ages, in each of the Ti Divisions of England in 1849 ..... cxxix Mortality from Cholera and Diarrhea in some of the Most Fatal Districts in 1849 cxxx Deaths from Cholera in England and in London on each Day of each Week of the Year 1849 cxxxi Mortality from Cholera and Diakeh(ea in each Division, County, and District of England, 1849 cxxxii-cxxxix Districts in which there were No Deaths from Cholera in 1849 . . . cxl-cxli Area, Population, and Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhoea, in 1849, and from All Causes in the 10 Years 1841-50, in 47 Seaport-Town Districts .... cxlii Area, Population, and Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhoea in 1849, and from All Causes in the ro Years 1841-50, in 41 Inland Town Districts .... cxliii Deaths from Cholera and Diarhhoea on each Day of the Most Fatal Months of 1849 in the following Groups of Districts :— (i.) Portsea Island and Alverstoke. (2.) Salisbury cxliv (3.) Plymouth, East Stouehouse, and Stoke Damerel. (4.) Bristol, Clifton, and Bedminster ........... cxlv (5.) Wolverhampton and Dudley. (6.) Liverpool and West Derby . . . cxlvi (7.) Manchester, Chorlton, and Salford. (8.) Leeds and Hunslet . . . cxlvii (9.) Hull and Sculcoates. (10.) Tynemouth, South Shields, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, and Sunderland ......... cxlviii (ri.) Merthyr Tydfil, Cardiff, and Neath cxlix